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Sunday, April 22, 2018 |
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Still Lying About Peter Boy: Blame Homeschooling For CWS Failures
By Andrew Walden @ 11:46 PM :: 8820 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Family, Law Enforcement
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... a sibling says Peter Boy wasn’t home-schooled, he just didn’t go to school ....
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Friday, April 20, 2018 |
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DoE: Social Studies Standards open for public review through April
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 4400 Views :: Education K-12
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...Office of Curriculum seeking broad input from educators and the public on the draft Secondary (grades 6-12) Social Studies Standards through April 30, 2018....
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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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Hawaii schools need flexibility, not centralization
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:09 PM :: 5264 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...At a time when many advocates of education reform are promoting greater local involvement in schools, Hawaii appears to be moving in the opposite direction....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018 |
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DoE Touts Increased Enrollment in AP Classes
By News Release @ 2:30 PM :: 4393 Views :: Education K-12
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...College and Career Readiness Indicators Report released by Hawai‘i P-20 Partnerships for Education....
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Monday, April 9, 2018 |
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HSTA Bosses Reelected without Opposition
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 5476 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...HSTA State Leadership Team to Serve through 2021....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018 |
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Ige Appoints Three to BoE
By News Release @ 1:24 PM :: 4403 Views :: Education K-12
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...Ige has appointed former teacher and principal Catherine Payne and University of Hawai‘i administrator Dwight Takeno to the Board of Education. Current board member Margaret Cox will be reappointed....
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Saturday, March 31, 2018 |
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HB1489: Males to take over women’s sports in Hawaii?
By Mary Smart @ 7:50 PM :: 7970 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Higher Education
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...Hawaii Legislators are moving HB 1489 to give males pretending to be female the right to use schools' non-existent female athletic facilities....
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018 |
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Hawaii Among Least Innovative States Thanks to Failing Schools
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 PM :: 5397 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...Rank 47th – 8th Grade Math & Science Performance....
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018 |
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HB2117: HSTA Pushes Bill to Outlaw Standardized Testing
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 6173 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...The bill has passed the House and will be heard today at 3:10pm in the Senate Education Committee in Room 229 at the state Capitol....
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018 |
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Attorney General Sessions Announces New Actions To Improve School Safety And Better Enforce Existing Gun Laws
By News Release @ 3:31 AM :: 8369 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Second Amendment
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“...We are increasing the number of school resource officers, improving background checks and more aggressively prosecuting those who illegally attempt to purchase a firearm, and reviewing and enhancing the way our law enforcement agencies respond to tips from the public...."
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Sunday, March 11, 2018 |
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Gun Control Rallies: How Today’s students have been Brainwashed to prepare for this moment their whole lives
By Selected News Articles @ 10:35 PM :: 9759 Views :: Education K-12, Second Amendment
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...Their educational experiences have been shaped by concepts like collaborative work, project-based learning, real-world scenarios, finding innovative solutions, and the underlying mantra that they can save the world....
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Thursday, March 8, 2018 |
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Judiciary Program Dealing with bullies in school
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 6223 Views :: Education K-12, Judiciary
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...“How many of you know someone who has been bullied?” asked Judge Heely....
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Saturday, March 3, 2018 |
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Hawaii DoE Organizing Students to Walk out March 14
By Selected News Articles @ 5:24 PM :: 8311 Views :: Education K-12, Second Amendment
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...The state Department of Education is instructing schools statewide to create a “designated walkout area” for students...to participate in upcoming protests against gun violence, Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said in a Friday letter to parents....
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Sunday, February 25, 2018 |
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Teachers Union Grabs for Billion Dollar Slush Fund
By Tom Yamachika @ 4:00 AM :: 5880 Views :: Education K-12, Taxes
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...Do the problems in our classrooms have anything to do with special funds at all?....
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 |
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Report: State of Computer Science Education in Hawaii
By News Release @ 4:35 AM :: 5861 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...just 14 traditional public schools offer AP Computer Science....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Homosexual Child Molestation: KSBE Outlines Terms of $80M Settlement
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 10449 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Family, Hawaii History, Health Care
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...A tentative settlement between Kamehameha Schools and the survivors of Dr. Browne’s abuse has been reached....
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 |
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SB1279: Tax-Credit Scholarships for Special Needs Students
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 PM :: 6272 Views :: Education K-12, Tax Credits
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...Allows Qualifying Families To Pay For Tuition At Private And Parochial Schools....
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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Title IX Lawsuit? DoE discriminates against female athletes
By News Release @ 1:23 PM :: 5229 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...ACLU sent a letter to the Hawaiʻi Department of Education demanding it take immediate action to cease sex discrimination against female athletes in DOE schools....
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Monday, February 12, 2018 |
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SB2323: Senators Caught Lying About Peter Boy Case
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:41 PM :: 10194 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Law Enforcement
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...In little Peter's case, he was not of compulsory age, and therefore not homeschooled. The other case referred to in the bill, the girl who died in 2017 on the Big Island, was already under CPS before her mother took her out to be homeschooled....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018 |
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Legislators Want CWS to Investigate All Homeschooling Families
By News Release @ 1:32 AM :: 10182 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Labor
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...Last week, three bills were introduced by the Hawaii Legislature that would significantly restrict homeschool freedom: Senate Bills 2274 and 2323, and House Bill 2244....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
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HSTA Pushing Massive Property Tax Hike
By News Release @ 3:22 PM :: 7986 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, Taxes, Tourism
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....more money and less accountability....
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Friday, January 26, 2018 |
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Ethics: DoE Ass't Sup't Pursues UH Degree While on the Job
By News Release @ 1:16 AM :: 7938 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Higher Education
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...if the Ethics Comm takes down all the state and county employees who are doing UH school work on the taxpayers dime, we would probably cut UH enrollment 20%. I suggest starting with every state and county employee at UH Richardson School of Law....
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Friday, January 26, 2018 |
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DoE to Display Classroom Temperatures Online
By News Release @ 1:04 AM :: 5810 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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...HIDOE's Thermal Comfort website features data collected from weather stations and indoor monitoring sensors at Hawaii's public schools....
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Thursday, January 25, 2018 |
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Robotics: 19 Hawaii Teams Heading for World Championship
By News Release @ 4:09 AM :: 4586 Views :: Education K-12
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...Nineteen robotics teams from across Hawaii achieved significant scores and demonstrated exceptional skill and performance at the Hawaiian Electric Companies Hawaii State VEX Championships held Jan. 13-14 at Kamehameha Schools....
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Thursday, January 25, 2018 |
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Screening for Health Barriers to Learning--Hawaii Schools Receive Mixed Scores
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 6602 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Missed Opportunities: Do States Require Screening of Children for Health Conditions that Interfere with Learning....
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018 |
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Most Educated States--Hawaii Ranks 17th
By Selected News Articles @ 12:15 AM :: 5019 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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"...Quality of Education -- 36th...."
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Monday, January 22, 2018 |
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School Choice Week in Hawaii: 80 Events and Activities Planned
By News Release @ 4:57 PM :: 4361 Views :: Education K-12
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...a celebration is planned on Thursday, January 25 9:30am at the State Capitol....
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Sunday, January 21, 2018 |
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U.S. Department of Education announces final approval of Hawaii ESSA plan
By News Release @ 2:32 PM :: 4409 Views :: Education K-12
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...Measures student success (dilutes failing test scores--Editor) with 14 indicators including chronic absenteeism, inclusion rate, teacher retention, facility repair and maintenance backlog, and family engagement....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
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Ward Introduces Bill Mandating 'Shelter-in-Place' Drills at Schools
By Rep Gene Ward @ 8:29 PM :: 6491 Views :: Education K-12, Military
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...“Hawaii's children must have safe haven at their schools in the event of a missile attack.”....
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018 |
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Application Period Begins for Preschool Open Doors Program
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 5695 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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...Applications received during this period will be considered for preschool participation during July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019....
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Sunday, December 24, 2017 |
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DoE: Feds Require 'Minor Adjustments' to our ESSA Plan to Hide Failure
By News Release @ 2:55 PM :: 4871 Views :: Education K-12
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"Hawaii is well on its way for approval once we make minor adjustments to our consolidated plan,” said Superintendent Dr. Christina Kishimoto....
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017 |
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Survey: 62% of Hawaii Youth Not Qualified for Military Service
By News Release @ 3:20 PM :: 8441 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Military, Drugs
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...Crime and Inability to Join Military or Workforce Present National Crisis....
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Friday, December 15, 2017 |
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200 High School Students Watch Supreme Court Hear Lesbian Child Custody Case
By News Release @ 1:49 PM :: 7213 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Judiciary
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...The case heard at Castle, CC vs. DD, is a parentage case involving a former same sex married couple. The issue is whether Appellant has a legal parent/child relationship with the child born to Appellee during the marriage....
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Friday, December 15, 2017 |
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Child Molester: KSBE Apology letter implies abuse since 1962
By News Release @ 1:41 PM :: 7375 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...unforgivable acts of physical and emotional abuse committed against Kamehameha School students at the hands of Dr. Robert Browne, a St. Francis consulting psychiatrist between the years of 1962 through 1984....
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Monday, December 11, 2017 |
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Hawaii DOE Saves $13M on School Bus Routes
By News Release @ 3:57 PM :: 3941 Views :: Education K-12
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...The Hawaii State Department of Education and TransPar have saved the state approximately $13 million annually through the Get on Board student transportation initiative....
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Friday, December 8, 2017 |
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Top Four HS Teams to Face Off in Hawaii LifeSmarts Competition
By News Release @ 1:56 PM :: 3887 Views :: Education K-12
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...Saturday, February 3, 2018 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Campus Center Ballroom from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m....
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017 |
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Kamehameha School Child Molester Case – Hidden Payoff to Judge Exposed
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 AM :: 16205 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...Judge Crandall's husband, David Schulmeister, and his law firm, Cades Schutte, represented the Kamehameha Schools, billing as much as $1 million a year....
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Saturday, December 2, 2017 |
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Tupola: Equal Funding for Charter Schools
By Video @ 4:23 PM :: 5364 Views :: Education K-12, Republican Party
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...Did you know that not all of our keiki get equal funding for school?....
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Saturday, December 2, 2017 |
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Child Molester: Petition Demands Kamehameha Schools Take Responsibility
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 5242 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...justice, reparation and healing for those individuals who were violated decades ago....
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Friday, December 1, 2017 |
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Hawaii Child Care Most Expensive in USA
By News Release @ 12:45 PM :: 7306 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Cost of Living
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...care for only one child in Hawai‘i consumes approximately 13 percent of the typical Hawai‘i family’s income....
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Saturday, November 25, 2017 |
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Survey: Military Families Overwhelmingly Favor School Choice
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 AM :: 5999 Views :: Education K-12, Military
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...The survey of 1,200 active-duty personnel, veterans, and their spouses shows 72 percent are in favor of education savings accounts (ESAs), 64 percent are in favor of school vouchers, and 63 percent favor tax-credit scholarships....
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Wednesday, November 22, 2017 |
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DoE: 5-Year Teacher Retention 54%
By News Release @ 3:56 AM :: 5361 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...Department rolls out more data visuals for public to view....
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 |
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DoE Puts 'Performance Indicators' Online
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 4447 Views :: Education K-12
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In an effort to make performance data easily available to the public, HIDOE today announced the launch of its Strategic Plan Dynamic Report....
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Sunday, November 5, 2017 |
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Ward to Ige: Speed Up Nuclear Drills for DOE
By Rep Gene Ward @ 2:25 PM :: 5945 Views :: Education K-12, Military
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...Rep. Ward (R-Hawaii Kai) wrote a letter to Gov. Ige asking the governor to prepare his departments, particularly the DOE to prepare for the unthinkable....
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Sunday, November 5, 2017 |
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Akina--Let's Work Together for Hawaiian Charter Schools
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:20 AM :: 6162 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, OHA
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Clearly, OHA owes our beneficiaries a sincere apology and a commitment to change our practices internally....
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017 |
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017 |
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These Are The 10 Smartest Communities In Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 AM :: 7044 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...32 communities ranked from smartest to dumbest....
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017 |
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Former Charter School Principal Charged with Theft
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 6138 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...Allbrett, 64, is the former principal of the Halau Lokahi public charter school, a Native Hawaiian-focused charter school whose recurring financial difficulties led to the revocation of its charter....
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